Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...